"Missing the Boat" August 31, 2012

(Week 327)

This RADIOLA! reflects on snatching Defeat from the jaws of Victory.

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Frank Crumit - I'm Bettin' the Roll on Roamer (1930) - Victor 22482 A

Anne Jamison w Victor Young Orch - Summertime (1939) - Decca 2876 A

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D

Phil Ohman and Victor Arden and their Orch (Frank Munn v) - Sometimes I'm Happy (1927) - Brunswick 3527 B

Lanin's Arcadians - Dancing Tamborine (1927) - Pathe Actuelle 36687

Alabama Red Peppers (Leroy Montesano v) - San (1928) - Cameo 8109

Vernon Dalhart - Someday Sweetheart (1927) - Brunswick 3523 B

Casino Dance Orch (Lanin) (William Robyn v) - I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (1929) - Perfect 15164 B

Bebe Daniels - If You're In Love, You'll Waltz (1929) - Victor 22132 B

The Cotton Pickers - Got To Cool My Doggies Now (1922) - Brunswick 2338 B

The Benson Orch of Chicago - The Cat's Whiskers (1923) - Victor 19103 A

Ben Selvin and his Orch - Mamie (1925) - Vocalion B 15081

Wendell Hall - Red Headed Music Maker (1923) - Gennett 5271 B

Gloria Geer (Vaughn De Leath) - Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie! (1925) - Cameo 845

Lou Gold and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - When Summer is Gone (1928) - Diva 2768 G

EmilyAsher's Garden Party - Sweet Pea (2012) - Dreams May Take You

EmilyAsher's Garden Party - Emperor Norton's Hunch (2012) - Dreams May Take You

May Irwin - Mat-ri-mony (1907) - Victor 5151

Markels Orch - Three O'Clock In The Morning (1922) - Okeh 4666 A

The Ambassadors - There's Nobody Else But You (1924) - Vocalion B 14769

Herman Kenin's Ambassador Hotel Orch (Ted O'Hara v) - Building a Nest For Mary (1929) - Victor 21991 A

Charley Straight and his Orch - Waiting and Dreaming (1928) - Brunswick 4026

Sam Lanin's Dance Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Who Wouldn't Be Jealous of You (1929) - Regal 8719 B

Don Bestor and his Orch (Neil Buckley v) - After You (1933) - Victor 24225 A

The Quintet of the Hot Club of France - Oriental Shuffle (1936) - Victor 26506 A

Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven (Edythe Wright v) - At the Codfish Ball (1936) - RCA Victor 20-3031 A

Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan) - I Hate That Train Called The M and O (1934) - Melotone 6 02 64

Earl Hines and his Orch - Deep Forest (1932) - Columbia 35878

Hazel Scott - Three Little Words (1942) - Decca 18341 B

Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven (Edythe Wright v) - Sailing at Midnight (1938) - RCA Victor 20-3030 B

Bing Crosby w Victor Young Orch - Maybe (1939) - Decca 2874 B

Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - I Love You Truly (1933) - Brunswick 6605

"Wurst Case Scenario" August 24, 2012

(Week 326)

This RADIOLA! senses that it's a lot of baloney.

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Billy Murray - It's a Lot of Bologny (1923) - Victor 19132 B

Hazel Scott - Dark Eyes (1942) - Decca 18342 A

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D

Golden Gate Orch - My Heart Stood Still (1927) - Perfect 14900

Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Ol' Man River (1928) - Columbia 35666

Jan Garber and his Orch (Jack Gifford v) - Who Loved You Best? (1925) - Victor 19708 B

Art Fowler - In a Little Spanish Town (1926) - Perfect 12312

Frank Crumit - I'se Goin' From the Cottonfield (1925) - Victor 19777 A

Elder J H Burch - My Heart Keeps Singing (1927) - Victor 21476 B

Jazzazza Jazz Band (Samuels) - That's Got 'Em (1919) - Operaphone 31117 A

Rialto Dance Orch (Yerkes) - Who'll Be the Next One to Cry Over You? (1921) - La Belle 302 B

Memphis Five - Who's Sorry Now? (1923) - Victor 19052 A

Bessie Smith (Clarence Williams p) - Downhearted Blues (1923) - Columbia A 3844

The Honey Boys - Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? (1926) - Perfect 12217

Paul Small - Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky (1928) - Harmony 683 H

Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven - Moten Swing (2001) - Goin' To Lindy Land

Baby Soda Jazz Band - Undecided (2012) - Kellish Hill Farm June 1, 2012

Lucy Isabelle Marsh - Italian Street Song (1911) - Victor 60031

Sousa's Band - Stars and Stripes Forever March (1912) - Victor 16777 A

Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Home Again Blues (1921) - Victor 18729 A

Ed Lloyd and his Rhythm Boys (Kirkeby) (Smith Ballew v) - Walking With Susie (1929) - Regal 8795 A

Sam Lanin's Troubadors (Smith Ballew v) - Used to You (1929) - Supertone 9458 B

Yoeng's Dance Orch (Al Friedman) (Leroy Montesano v) - It Was Only a Sun Shower (1928) - Domino 4023 A

Bebe Daniels - You're Always in My Arms (1929) - Victor 22132 A

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Jack Fulton v) - In Egern on the Tegern See (1933) - Victor 24225 B

Charles W. Hamp - Let's Call a Heart a Heart - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)

Jean Goldkette and his Orch (Billy Murray v) - I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (1927) - Victor 20466 B

Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - The Jazz Me Blues (1927) - Okeh 3042

Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Ostrich Walk (1927) - UHCA 29

Ginny Simms - Night and Day - Favorite Songs From 1940s Radio Shows (Take Two TT430CD)

Hazel Scott - Hallelujah! (1942) - Decca 18342 B

Ford and Glenn - My Daddy's Lullaby (1929) - Columbia 2025 D

"Homemade" August 17, 2012

(Week 325)

This RADIOLA! is lovingly crafted from parts found lying around the house.

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Julius Tannen - More Chatter (1927) - Victor 21115 B
Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - I Don't Want To Make History (1936) - Melotone 6 05 07
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Harry Reser's Dance Orch (Tom Stacks v) - 'Way Back When (1928) - Domino 4023 B
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Rhythm King (1928) - Brunswick 8242
Golden Gate Orch (Ed Kirkeby v) - Is She My Girl Friend (1927) - Perfect 14897 B
Art Fowler - Just a Bird's Eye View of My Old Kentucky Home (1926) - Perfect 12312 B
Aileen Stanley - Six Feet of Papa (1926) - Victor 20198 A
Charley Straight and his Orch (The Vagabonds v) - Do You Don't You (1928) - Brunswick 4026
Hager's Orch - Bronco Trot (Tom Mix) (1921) - Okeh 4406 A
The Cotton Pickers - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1922) - Brunswick 2338 A
The Great White Way Orch - Marcheta (1923) - Victor 19046 B
Al Jolson - Avalon (1920) - Columbia A2995
Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio (Annette Hanshaw v) - For Old Times' Sake (1928) - Harmony 666 H
Jerome Conrad and his Orch (Reser) (Irving Kaufman v) - Susianna (1928) - Harmony 824 H
Bryan Wright - Cottontail Rag (Joseph Lamb) (2009) - Breakin' Notes (Rivermont BSW 2212)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor (2007)  - Cures Everything But The Blues
Hager's Orch - Old Blue (Tom Mix) (1921) - Okeh 4406 B
The Benson Orch of Chicago - The Doodle-Um Blues (1924) - Victor 19386 B
Harry Reser's Syncopators - Underneath a Sunny Sky (1924) - Columbia 276 D
Willard Robison and his Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Who's Blue Now? (1928) - Perfect 14931 B
Buck Wilson and his Rangers (Arthur Fields v) - In Dear Old Tennessee (1930) - Velvet Tone 2129 V
Dubin's Dandies (A Schubert) (Jack Kaufman v) - Cuddle Up Closer (1929) - Banner 6498 B
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Makin' Whoopee! (1929) - Velvet Tone 1825 V
Roy Smeck Trio (Veronica Wiggins v) - When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain (1931) - Conqueror 7878 A
Charles W. Hamp - Darkness on the Delta - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)
Ben Pollack and his Orch - Waitin' For Katie (1927) - Victor 21184 A
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Somebody Stole My Gal (1928) - Brunswick 8242
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - From Monday On (1928) - Victor 21274 B
The Quintet of the Hot Club of France - Clouds (1935) - Decca 23002 B
Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing - (Jack Teagarden v) - Jeepers Creepers (1938) - Decca 2222 A
Lee Sims - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Brunswick 3617 A

"Dreaming of Adequacy" August 10, 2012

(Week 324)

This RADIOLA! isn't there yet.

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Bob Roberts -  I Want Some One to Call Me Honey (1905) - Victor 4364
Archie Bleyer and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (1935) - Perfect 35 09 19 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Roy Collins' Dance Orch (poss A Schubert) - I'm Always Outside Looking In (1926) - Oriole 756 B
Jean Goldkette and his Orch - Behind the Clouds (1926) - Victor 19965 B
Waring's Pennsylvanians (Tom Waring v) - Her Beaus Are Only Rainbows (1926) - Victor 20146 A
Aileen Stanley - Looking at the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses (1926) - Victor 20198 B
Singer and Holton (Scrappy Lambert and Ed Smalle) - Just Another Day Wasted Away (1927) - Jewel 5133 A
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - If I Had You (1929) - Velvet Tone 1825 V
Gotham's Favorites (Lanin) - Say It With Music (1921) - Regal 9130
George Olsen and his Music - The Slave of Love (1924) - Victor 19497 A
Art Hickman and his Orch - G'wan With It! (1924) - Victor 19399 B
Robert Black (Eubie Blake) (Irving Kaufman v) - Sweet Lady (Medley) (1921) - Regal 9130
Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio (Annette Hanshaw v) - Was It a Dream? (1928) - Harmony 666 H
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Charles Kaley v) - The Little White House (1926) - Perfect 14703 B
West End Jazz Band (Mike Bezin v) - Mona (2010) - Burnin' The Iceberg (Rivermont BSW 2216)
Charles W. Hamp - Boo Hoo (1937) - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Rosetta (2007) - Cures Everything But The Blues
Arthur Pryor's Band - The Whistler and his Dog (1905) - Victor 4418
The Benson Orch of Chicago - In a Tent (1923) - Victor 19103 B
Piedmont Dance Orch (Lanin) - A New Kind of Man With a New Kind of Love For Me (1924) - Perfect 14304 B
Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Jack Parker v) - Singing a Vagabond Song (1930) - Perfect 15279
Grey Gull Studio Band (Frank Munn v) - Chinese Rose (1929) - Madison 5081 B
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Don Howard v) - Am I Blue? (1929) - Victor 22004 A
Charles W. Hamp - Muddy Water (1936) - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch (Henry Wells v) - Here Goes (1934) - Victor 24601 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona Davies v) - Something Had to Happen (1933) - Victor 24455 B
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Wa Da Da (1928) - Columbia 35666
The Savannah Syncopators (King Oliver) - Wa Wa Wa (1926) - Brunswick 3373 B
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch - Shout 'Em, Aunt Tillie (1930) - Victor 23041 B
Laurence Tibbett - Without a Song (1930) - Victor (Red Seal) 1507 A
The Quintet of the Hot Club of France - Avalon (1935) - Decca 23002 A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch (Frank Munn v) - Let Me Have My Dreams (1929) - Victor 22004 B

"Moderate Excitement" August 3, 2012

(Week 323)

This RADIOLA! is feeling no undue thrill.

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Charles W. Hamp - My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes (1936) - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)
Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen - Climax Rag (1939) - Bluebird B 10442 B
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779-D
Goldkette's Book-Cadillac Orch - Just a Bird's Eye View of My Old Kentucky Home (1926) - Victor 20268 A
Mike Speciale and his Orch (Ted Wilson v) - He Loves and She Loves (1928) - Perfect 14931
Mayflower Serenaders (Ben Selvin v) - I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now (1927) - Perfect 14766 B
Gene Austin - Thinking of You (1927) - Victor 20411 A
Joe Sargent (Arthur Fields) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Madison 1602 A
Frank Luther -  A Gay Caballero (1928) - Brunswick 4180
Arthur Gibbs and his Gang - Louisville Lou (1923) - Victor 19070 A
Julie Wintz and his Hofbrau Orch (Bill Zimmer v) - Vo Do Do De O Blues (1927) - Velvet Tone 1436 V
Jimmy McHugh's Bostonians - Whoopee Stomp (1928) - Velvet Tone 1836 V
John Steel - Lady of the Evening (1922) - Victor 18990
Billy West (Billy Jones) - Get Hot (1921) - Regal 9124
The Melody Man (Joe Davis) - After My Laughter Came Tears (1928) - Harmony 597 H
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Creole Love Call (2007) - Cures Everything But The Blues
Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra -  I Ain't Got Nobody (1984) - Jazz and Hot Dance Music 1923-31 (Panton 81 0331)
Skeeter Sims (Al Bernard) - Strut Miss Lizzie (1921) - Regal 9124
Harry Blake and Robert Judson (Jones and Hare) - Last Night on the Back Porch (1923) - Perfect 12091 B
Mike Speciale and his Orch - On The Oregon Trail (1925) - Perfect 14430
Vic Randolphs and his Orch (Spitalny) (Eddie Gale v) - Turn on the Heat (1929) - Regal 8873 B*
Merry Collegians (IK v) - Tennessee Tess Among the Hills (1929) - Van Dyke 71791 B
Willie Creager and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Ten Cents a Dance (1930) - Perfect 15328 B
Jim Miller - Charlie Farrell - Congratulations (1930) - Victor 22277 A
Frances Day - It's Best to Forget (1933) - HMV B 4427
Charles W. Hamp - I've Got You Under My Skin (1936) - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)
Boyd Senter - New St. Louis Blues (1927) - Okeh 40755 A
Red Nichols and his Orch - Five Pennies (1928) - Victor 21560 A
Louisiana Sugar Babes - Thou Swell (1928) - Victor 21346 BRudy Vallee - Six Women (Me and Henry the Eighth) (1940) - Varsity 8203
Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtime Band - Someday Sweetheart (1939) - Bluebird B 10384 B
Charles W. Hamp - Pennies From Heaven (1936) - A Pioneer Radio Sensation (Take Two TT429CD)

*Contrary to the listing in the new American Dance Band Discography, I am reliably informed by John Leifert that this recording was in fact by Phil Spitalny (not Paul Specht), and that the vocalist was indeed Eddie Gale. Thanks, John!